Comments on: General Motors Shoots Foot With Rush Limbaugh Green Ad

By: Vic Shayne, PhD

Vic Shayne, PhD — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:51:33 +0000

And another thing. It amazes me when people say that they don’t “believe” in global warming. Of course, they are not the scientific researchers who have proven global warming, they just believe this or that. What kind of way is this to base one’s decision-making? Worse is when you take Rush Limbaugh’s word and follow his example. Lesson for the day: read the research yourself and know instead of believe.

By: Vic Shayne, PhD

Vic Shayne, PhD — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:48:33 +0000

Is this really so surprising? Can we forget that GM pulled the plug on their last electric vehicle and threw the fleet into a landfill? GM is all about the cash, so Limbaugh is right up their alley. GM has no commitment to the environment; they have a commitment to making money. They destroyed mass transit and the trolley system in this nation and created urban sprawl and freeways. They are a main reason for pollution. I would NEVER buy one of their vehicles. It’s unAmerican!

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By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:45:18 +0000

The thing is (and I’ll chime in), Rush’s comments are right on the money, at least as far as man-made “global warming”. I don’t think I’ve seen even a simple classroom lab experiment proving that CO2 is even a “greenhouse gas” to begin with, let alone that mankind is destroying the planet with it. It’s the biggest “junk science” story in history!

That said, GM’s choice of a spokesman is sort of irrelevant. They chose Rush because of his sheer audience base, and his “America First” reputation… in the end, the product has to back up the hype, and sorry – GM cars are almost all inferior to their Japanese, Korean or European counterparts.

I said it. It was painful to say, but I said it.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 02:04:08 +0000

Global warming may very well exist, but most likely has little to do with the carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide being emitted by vehicles. Solar activity goes through cycles of increased and decreased levels.
“Global Warming” is another attempt at control of gullible people, just like “The War on Terror”. Where was the environmental crusader Al Gore when his political party was in power? It is all about control to the people in power; it’s just a different way of frightening people into toeing the line. More efficient use of energy and alternate sources are important because the current ones are finite. When it runs out we’re in deep trouble. Cars are not more fuel efficient than they were 20 years ago. My wife had a Chevy Sprint that got 38 mpg in town and close to 50 mpg on the highway. Hybrids are going to bring their own problems when their batteries need replacement at about 5 years. Where is all that hazardous waste going? Claiming a “carbon offset” is hypocritical. If you’re going to be a crusader, don’t do something that needs “offsetting” like flying to talks on global warming in private jets, using more energy in a month than most people do in a year or more, etc. I have an suv, but I don’t claim to be anything other than an average person and I use less fuel in a year than a jet uses in one trip. A long, boring comment, for sure, but I get sick of the hypocrisy.

By: milander

milander — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 23:10:58 +0000

My wife and I are both involved in language and translation work, as a result we do 99% of our work over the net. We moved out of the UK 10 years ago for the simple and explicit purpose of providing a place for ourselves and our children where we will not suffer when the World starts to go to crap. It won’t be in my generation, possibly not in our childrens but we both firmly believe it is happening. We are not survivalists, we are not isolationists but we are preparing. At the moment we have bought high land and are building on it, we have recently installed solar and wind generators as well as an organic sewage disposal and water regeneration. Our house and our 2 sons houses are log built and fully equiped. We also have a storm shelter on higher ground too.

This probably sounds nuts to a lot of you and maybe it is. Fact is though that it does no harm to prepare for the worst. This year alone we have had 26 continuous days of over 33C and a winter 3 years ago was -15C for 41 days continuously. While this is kinda normal for Hungary it is not normal to have 500+ die this summer alone due to the heat, people here are supposed to be used to it, ergo it is not normal.

The World is changing and I’d suggest that anyone with the means to do so start looking at where they can go and what they can do otherwise they are going to be stuck in a global katrina soon.

We are now out of that loop and thank God we are.

By: William White

William White — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:10:37 +0000

I am very concerned about GM and all the other auto makers. It seems they are so clueless about what people expect in a vehicle. I drive a 2000 F-150 half ton and I am appalled by the quality. At 120000 km the thing has had a complete new front end, some parts twice already. Building junk like this is what’s making Toyota # 1 and as for hiring Rush, well you made Bush President so wearing stupidity on your forehead seems to be the “New American Way”. It’s all very sad.

By: Kevitivity

Kevitivity — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 09:49:16 +0000

Rush rocks!

By: JB

JB — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:19:23 +0000

With that mindset we might expect to see Bill Clinton advocate for sexual abstinence, Ted Nugent endorse his favorite tofu and Dennis Hastert dance in TV commercials for LA weight loss.

By: michael

michael — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:12:20 +0000

Is this the type of talk you support? Interesting. This is word-for-word from his radio show yesterday,

“Itâ€™s cool in Northeast again here today. Itâ€™s all over the place. Temperatures are wacky and theyâ€™re cooler than they should be. I took credit for this yesterday by highlighting the huge carbon footprint that I am making, on purpose, to help put pollutants into the air because we know that when nature does that, we cool the climate. So I have a pretty large estate and Iâ€™m running all the things that I have in it. Iâ€™m running the pool cooler 24 hours a day. The thermostat is 68 degrees in every room in every house. The lights are on a lot. I even air-condition my garages, folks! Ab-so-lutely. Iâ€™m not about to take a shower, get dressed walk out for dinner at night and get into a sweaty, hot garage, sweaty.”